diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 73f7a9d..1e43c8a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@
 	if (!simple_empty(dentry))
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
+	dentry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
 	dir->i_nlink--;
 	return shmem_unlink(dir, dentry);
 }